dc.description.abstract | This Classroom Action Research was done collaboratively with the English teacher and it
was carried out in two cycles, each cycle consisted of three meetings included the test. In this
research, the actions were considered successful if 65% of the students were active in each
indicator of the observation stated in the checklist and also if 65% of the students achieved at
least 78 of the vocabulary test. In the first cycle, the result of observation in the form of the
students’ active performance was 43.2% students who were active in the first meeting and 52.6%
in the second meeting. This shows that there was an improvement of the students’ active
performance in the first meeting to the second meeting, but it did not achieve the target criteria of
success of the research that was 65% or more. In addition, the result of vocabulary test in the first
cycle there was 47.4% of students who achieved at least 78. This shows that the result of the
actions did not achieve the target. Therefore, the second cycle was necessary to overcome the
problem in the first cycle.
In the second cycle, the result of observation in the form of the students’ active
performance in the first meeting was 59.4% of the students who were categorized active and
71.1% in the second meeting, and the result of vocabulary test in the second meeting was 68.4%
of students who achieved the standard score at least 78. This means that the actions in the second
cycle achieved the criteria of success the research. Finally, it can be concluded that the use of
word guessing game technique can improve the students’ vocabulary achievement and the
students’ active performance in the teaching learning process at SMPN 1 Tempeh- Lumajang. | en_US |